Authors and Texts

"We are often asked by teachers for 'where to start' resources. Here is a list of authors and texts that have helped us to find our way forward." -Teaching While White

Culturally Responsive Instruction in Your Classroom

Listen to four teacher leaders outline twelve ways to to make culturally responsive instruction work in your classroom. Other engaging topics available from this same source.

Classroom Library Texts

Classroom libraries and texts need to reflect and sustain student cultures. Reflecting on the student in your room, consider which category of texts need to be added to your curriculum and independent library.

Critical Practices for Anti-Racist Teachers

This self-paced, four module professional development from Teaching Tolerance focuses on instruction, classroom culture, family and community engagement, and teacher leadership.

Schools Succeeding at Failure

Carry the conversation with you with teacher leaders in this podcast: Teaching While White.

Culturally Responsive School

In this four-minute video, experience the daily routine of culturally responsive instruction throughout the entire school.

Native Nations of Minnesota

“The places we inhabit are layered in the stories they tell. We learn from Dakota and Ojibwe people through stories of this land and its first people, providing an experiential introduction to absent narratives — voices and stories that have been left out.” -Minnesota Humanities Center

Hmong Cultural Center

“Learn about Hmong is a unique multicultural education multimedia website devoted to teaching about the Hmong experience for the purposes of promoting cross-cultural awareness and understanding.” -Learn About Hmong

Lessons from Black Churches

“Engaging with people in local shops, farmers markets, or restaurants can help you become familiar with a culture that is not your own, but if you’re white and have black students, there’s no better place to visit than the black church.” -Miller, 2020

Afghan Women’s English Language Learners

Partner with Arrive Ministries and Afghan women to teach practical English to newly arrived immigrants.

Voices from the Latino Community

Explore video projects that “document and amplify the significant contributions the Latino community is making to cultural and economic opportunity statewide.” -Minnesota Humanities Center

Somali Adult Literacy Training

Partner with Arrive Ministries and Somali neighbors to tutor adults “through literacy and friendship”.